After going head to head with the Aquino administration over the reproductive health measure, the country’s Catholic bishops are taking issue with the government on another one of their obsessions.
MANILA, Philippines—What clinched the vote for the reproductive health bill at the House of Representatives? Four key emissaries of President Aquino were conspicuously present at the South Lounge of the Batasan building and stayed on until every vote was cast—and counted—in favor of passing House Bill No. 4244 on second reading, the Inquirer has [...]
Several Catholic bishops on Wednesday welcomed Chief Justice Renato Corona’s decision to appear at his impeachment trial and shed light on his alleged $10 million in foreign currency deposits.
A ranking Catholic prelate on Saturday lauded President Aquino’s recent pronouncement that a rewriting of the Constitution was not a priority of his administration.
Two Catholic bishops on Wednesday expressed alarm over plans of the government to take over old mining sites in the country, saying that such a move would lead to further destruction of the environment and livelihood of fishermen. “Mining will destroy our country and again, for faulty gain,” Sorsogon Bishop Arturo Bastes said over Church-run [...]
Welcome to the street of Sin. Marking the 83rd birth anniversary of the late Manila Archbishop Jaime Cardinal Sin, Catholic bishops and city officials today (Wednesday) will lead rites renaming a Mandaluyong street after the legendary prelate.
What about you, madam? Reeling from scandal, several Catholic bishops on Tuesday said it was time for former President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo to divulge what she knew about the alleged misuse of Philippine Charity Sweepstakes Office (PCSO) funds. Caloocan Bishop Deogracias Iñiguez, former Novaliches Bishop Teodoro Bacani and Butuan Bishop Juan de Dios Pueblos said the [...]
Vice President Jejomar Binay has taken up the cudgels for Catholic bishops who received financial and other forms of assistance from the Philippine Charity Sweepstakes Office (PCSO) during the Arroyo administration. Binay told reporters over the weekend that “there’s a presumption” that PCSO funds would be used by the bishops to serve their poor parishioners. [...]
A contrite Church hierarchy on Monday apologized for its involvement in the controversy at the Philippine Charity Sweepstakes Office (PCSO) in which seven bishops received funds from the state-run charity agency for the purchase of SUV and other vehicles during the Arroyo administration. “Our Mother Church has been deeply wounded by the controversies in the [...]
The bishops appear to be circling their wagons in time for the Senate inquiry starting Wednesday into luxury vehicles allegedly given to some Catholic bishops. “We will answer as a group,” Butuan Bishop Juan de Dios Pueblos told the Inquirer by phone, referring to the other bishops who were named by the Philippine Charity Sweepstakes [...]
Officials of the Philippine Charity Sweepstakes Office (PCSO), not bishops, must be sanctioned for granting some leaders of the Catholic Church with sport utility vehicles (SUVs) during the Arroyo administration, two lawyers on Tuesday said. Former Sen. Aquilino Pimentel Jr. said that if the act of giving donations to the Church and other institutions was [...]
MANILA, Philippines – Catholic clergymen who received sports utility vehicles from the previous administration could face criminal prosecution if investigators find probable cause to charge them in court, a Palace spokeswoman said Saturday. In a news briefing aired on radio, deputy presidential spokesperson Abigail Valte said no person was immune to charges arising from a [...]
Some Catholic bishops and an ecumenical group have given President Benigno Aquino III a failing grade, describing his first year in office as lackluster. The President has yet to see the totality of Philippine society “in order to spell out problems and priority needs toward integral development,” Caloocan Bishop Deogracias Iñiguez said Thursday. “For me, [...]
